In the blink of an eye, it has been almost 4 months since Zhou Daoan came to this world.

By December 1888, the fog had become completely cold. Although the snow has been suffocating, the white breath coming out of people's mouths and subconsciously rubbing their hands mean that a cold wave has quietly arrived.

It has been almost one month since the case of the "arrest of the ripper" that everyone is concerned about. Indeed, during this period, homicides never happened again.

It can't be said that it hasn't happened, but some cases have not happened before they happen, and they have been cracked by the police. It is reported that all of them are crazy admirers of some so-called Jack the Ripper, who want to pay homage to their idols and clumsily imitate crimes. Unfortunately, crime also requires talent, and these stupid and bad crazy believers obviously don't have that.

Over time, the public has come to believe that the Ripper has really been caught.

For Zhou Daoan, he doesn't seem to care too much about the case he was involved in - he didn't go to the police station to catch up, nor did he ask anyone for news. He seemed to accept the result immediately.

It's the other way around, that's right! His mission was never to catch the murderer. Although this murderer has consumed a lot of his time and energy, he has also gained the completion of a task from it. Right now, he needs to do his best for the remaining two tasks-

A serious job – a personal doctor; Protecting one important thing – Kelly Jane Margaret, who is pregnant.

At this time, it is getting closer and closer to Kelly's due date, and the time for Zhou Daoan to end his mission is also getting closer and closer.

December 6, 1888.

Zhou Daoan has been busy all day. He bought all the things that Kelly might use next. Kylie's little apartment was full of piles, but they were all well organized.

Tomorrow is the day his mission is due, and according to the time he came, at 4 o'clock in the morning on the 7th, he will return. Kelly's belly has no signs of giving birth yet, and if it is born after his return, then this child, who has been carefully cared for a long time, will not have the opportunity to witness.

So Zhou Daoan contacted a midwife nurse early on - it was introduced by Father Green of St. Mary's Cathedral, an old nun who is also a skilled midwife. As long as there is movement in the past few days, Zhou Daoan will find this grandmother to come, and once he returns on the 7th, then the grandmother will replace Zhou Daoan and live directly in a small apartment.

He didn't tell Kelly about the return. First, I don't know how to explain it, and secondly, after this period of time, the relationship with Kelly is still good, and Zhou Daoan is not good at saying goodbye.

After dinner, Zhou Daoan began to put away the tableware as usual, while Kelly held her stomach and sat on the sofa where Zhou Daoan slept, chatting with each other, it can be seen that she is also very nervous when she is approaching the due date. Albert didn't show up again during this time, although he said in advance that he would see him after the birth of the child, but Kelly was still a little anxious because of this.

"You say, will this child grow up healthy? I used to want him to be beautiful and smart...... But the more time it was time to give birth, the less I had these wishes, and in the end, I just hoped that he would be healthy. ”

This is the Nth time he has said this, but Zhou Daoan did not have the slightest impatience, just replied with a smile and said something that Kelly wanted to hear.

"Hey, it's another quiet day...... I don't know when this kid will come......"

Seeing that the time had reached half past ten in the evening, Kelly was also a little sleepy.

She had just stood up with her hands on the couch handle, but suddenly her feet went limp, and she sat back again.

In the blink of an eye, Kelly's brows were already frowning tightly, and one hand was subconsciously pressed on her lower abdomen-

"Stephen, it hurts!"

Zhou Daoan, who had been on guard in his heart, immediately rushed over, he lifted Kelly's skirt slightly, and saw that there were already some blood stains under the skirt and on the sofa, not much, but it was larger than the menstrual blood volume, and it looked particularly eye-catching on the light-colored sofa surface.

Zhou Daoan immediately knew that this was red! It is also a sign of the imminent birth. Along with redness, the mother will also feel regular labor pains. As the pain becomes more and more intense, the amniotic water breaks, and the baby is about to be born.

Have you finally waited for this moment? Before you leave...... Zhou Dao was relieved, theoretically, from seeing the red to giving birth, the time may last a day or two, but according to the suddenness of this and the urine of the Ark mission, this child is going to be born before he leaves.

He took a deep breath and stabilized his mind - it can be seen that it is the first time for our classmate Zhou to face this kind of scene in his previous life and this life, although he has a stomach full of theoretical knowledge, but practice ......

Zhou Daoan knew that he was about to usher in a "milestone", and seeing that Kelly was also flustered, he couldn't be at a loss anymore. Fortunately, he was well prepared - he immediately rushed into Kelly's bedroom, quickly arranged the bed into a qualified production table, and then helped Kelly, returned to the bedroom, lay down, covered with a thick quilt, and ensured the temperature.

"I'll go and ask Mama now, I'll lock the door later, the key is on me, you don't have to worry about the door lock. You don't have to worry if anyone knocks on the door, you know? ”

Zhou Daoan's explanation sounds nothing special at first glance, but at this time, apart from him and the midwife, who will come to visit the door? Isn't that a piece of nonsense?

Kelly didn't think much of it and hurriedly agreed. At this time, the abdominal pain was bearable, so Kelly was not powerless, she just said to Zhou Daoan uneasily: "Come back quickly!" ”

Zhou Daoan nodded, immediately grabbed his coat and hat, walked out of the apartment, and at the same time, closed the door, and then carefully locked it one after another.

The night was thick, there were no stars or moons, and there were bursts of fog in the sky.

Zhou Daoan only glanced up, then took a quick stride, put on his coat, and walked quickly towards the church.

From a wave of pain in 10 minutes to a wave of pain in 5 minutes now, nearly two hours have passed.

Now Kelly can be described as a year - the pain alone is not enough to make her feel difficult, the key is that at this moment she is alone in the small apartment, her hands and feet are weak when she hurts, and she is sweating all over her body after the pain, she can only lie in bed, waiting for the arrangement of fate.

The amniotic water broke before 1 hour, but fortunately, Zhou Daoan laid a thick canvas under the sheets in advance, which had good water absorption and did not make the whole bed a sea of water.

"Hold on, Kelly, five minutes at most...... Stephen will be back......" Kelly cheered herself up, trying not to pay attention to the time. That's it, she endured it for two hours.

"Stephen, why haven't you come back with your stinky shit, I'm running out of it!"

Another sharp pain, the pain reached a new level, and Kelly couldn't help but scream as she bit her lips.

As if hearing her call, the apartment door suddenly "clucked"!

"Stephen, are you back?!" Kelly shouted as if she heard the sound. If it weren't for the fact that her legs were weak now, she would have wanted to get out of bed and open the door at once—this Stephen had locked the door one by one before leaving! Doesn't that delay the work?

By the way, I forgot to mention that half a month ago, Zhou Daoan quietly renovated the door of the apartment, strengthened and locked it...... It's a pity that in this era, there are no anti-theft doors, otherwise Zhou Daoan would have done it without hesitation.

The knock at the door was abruptly stopped by a shout from inside the house, and suddenly it seemed to be quiet again.

"Stephen, Stephen? Is that you? ”

Although Kelly endured the pain, it was just the time when a wave of pain had passed, and her attention could be focused a little. She couldn't help but get nervous when she heard the movement outside the door suddenly disappear - yes, if it was Stephen, he must have picked the key to open the lock without saying a word.

Uneasy, Kelly asked twice, only to hear a slightly hoarse, deep answer from outside the apartment door:

"I'm Dr. John William, and Stephen asked me to help you."

It takes about 40 minutes to walk from Dose Street to St. Mary's Cathedral, and you can only take the main road by horse-drawn carriage, which is also about 40 minutes, but it is not counting the waiting time. Zhou Daoan saw that there was no carriage passing by on the road, so he decisively chose to walk.

It's not a problem for him to run seven or eight kilometers in one go now, but he doesn't plan to run wild - Kelly is red at the moment, but there are still hours before she gives birth. Since the return time given to him by the Ark is 4 o'clock in the morning, then even if he "arranges" Kelly to give birth sooner, there is still room for five or six hours.

The wind blew through Zhou Daoan's hair, causing the jet-black hair to flutter behind his head.

Walking in a hurry, turning one small road after another, behind the shadow of the complex, the bell tower of the church has taken shape in the night sky.

To reach the church, you end up through an alley of about 200 meters – a gap between many buildings, but it is not a regular road, and not many people walk it, even during the day.

In the middle of the alley, the road gets narrower and narrower.

Just behind Zhou Dao'an's figure, in the gap in the wall of the complex, a slender black shadow suddenly flashed!

The black shadow appeared instantly, but it was silent, and it could only be vaguely seen that it was a Taoist human form. But Zhou Daoan has just walked by at the moment, and he has no eyes in the back of his head, how can he find this black shadow?

The black shadow was only two or three meters away from Zhou Daoan, and a single step narrowed the distance, and then, one of the black shadow's left arms was raised high, and in the darkness, a touch of cold suddenly appeared, and with a "beautiful" arc, it fell towards the back of Zhou Daoan's neck.

Even if you can't see what the cold light is at this moment, it is conceivable that as long as this light crosses the back of Zhou Daoan's neck, blood will definitely splash out next.

The black shadow seemed to know this, and he actually turned slightly sideways as he went, as if to avoid the blood that sprayed out!